[Motorola] Spectra

[Glenn Little]

I recently got a High power VHF Spectra.  This radio has the interface box, 
the secure module and the control head on thhe microphone.  The radio is 64 
channels.  When viewed with the RSS, it implies that the radio is 128 
channel capable.  However I cannot find a place to change the number of 
channels fron 64 to 128.  Is there a trick to do this or am I missing 
something?  The microphone does not have a switch for talkaround (maybe I 
do not need it). There is a switch for secure.  Can this switch be 
reprogrammed for talkaround?  Can the secure box and the interface box be 
eliminated?  Al that I think that I need is the radio and the 
microphone/control head.  Can another control head be used with this radio, 
or is the radio unique enough that only the microphone/control head will work?

A lot of questions.  This is my first commercial synthesized rig.  I do not 
want to destroy the codeplug in the radio. I see that the data is stored in 
EEPROM and that the processor is a 68HC11.  Is it possible to remove the 
EEPROM and reprogram it in an external programmer to change the 
personallity of the radio?

Thanks
73
Glenn
WB4UIV

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Glenn Little                         glittle@awod.com   QCWA  LM 28417
Amateur Callsign:  WB4UIV            wb4uiv@amsat.org   AMSAT LM 2178
QTH:  Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx)                      ARRL  TAPR
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